John says…
Let me introduce my comments about Mya with the fact that I knew nothing about Mya before they announced she’d be in the show and I think I’ve been spending too much time at home on paternity leave since whenever I see or hear the name Mya I start singing the song from the PBS kids show “Mya y Miguel.” Yes, I need help.

Those feelings aside, it just doesn’t feel right that Mya’s even in this competition. I know this may sound a bit hypocritical, but hear me out. Sure, I didn’t hold Melissa Rycroft accountable for her ballet experience, but that was forever ago (granted many others weren’t as generous). I’m also fine with entertainers like Donny Osmond who have kind of danced on stage a few times. Even gymnasts like Shawn Johnson are fine with me since gymnastics is far different than ballroom. Honestly, I didn’t held it against Mya in the beginning either. However, that changed in one of the early dances where they showed Mya helping Dmitry with the choreography. I think that says something about Dmitry also, but it just felt wrong for the star being the one helping with the choreography. I want my star to be at the mercy of their professional partner because this is foreign to them.

Next thing you know, they’re going to bring Julianne Hough on the show as a “star” singer and partner her with Derek Hough. Would that seem to fair to anyone? While Mya’s not in Julianne’s category, there are similarities to how I feel about Mya.

Heidi says…
Well, I can’t find anything to argue about. :-) You pretty much sum it up. The girl was in Chicago, fer cryin’ out loud. I will add that Mya and Dmitry, up until last week, really had no personality plus all this talk about sleeping in the studio and having food brought in – well, it just strikes me as much too much.

I will say that both Shawn and Kristi kind of annoyed me – not them personally, but their presence in the ballroom – simply from the stand point that they aren’t your typical “olympians” from where I sit. I’m the typical Olympics viewer – rather casual. I had heard of Apollo, but not of any of the other Olympians on the show. But Shawn and Kristi are/were extremely popular young women in extremely popular sports followed by lots of young women. HUGE advantage going in – and I really don’t like to know who’s going to win on the front end. Now, Mya doesn’t fit this category – I think she was predicted to be good, but then as soon as you started looking at her bio…well, it just rubs me the wrong way.

And please, Mya fans, save the whole “but Joanna was a ballerina” crap for people who don’t know better. If you can’t distinguish between someone who took ballet as a *pre-teen* and someone who has been dancing her whole life, there’s no help for ya.

John says…
I actually like Dmitry and have liked him since SYTYCD. However, he really hasn’t shown to be as good of a choreographer on DWTS as even when he would choreograph for SYTYCD. It doesn’t seem he knows how to bring the best out of his partner. I still like him, but he should bring much more than he’s doing with someone as talented as Mya. I also can’t not mention something about Mya. Is it just me or does her head look like a Rat? Sure, that’s not a reason she shouldn’t win, but I just can’t get over it when I see her dancing.

At the end of the day, Mya has been smooth and consistent. However, have any of her performances been absolutely memorable? I can’t think of any. To me that means she’s not worthy of a mirror ball trophy.

Heidi says…
The answer is no – none of her performance are going to be remembered down the line. That honor goes to the futuristic paso doble – and no, I don’t think that’s my bias showing. Love it or hate it – you won’t *forget* it.

Dmitry is too quiet for me, and he clearly never watched DWTS before. Dude, everyone in the world knows that Len doesn’t like gimicks! Everyone on the message boards – even huge Dmitry fans – said they started screaming at the TV when Mya started dusting. If he had only done it once, it would be one thing – but to do it a few times and then claim you don’t know what Len’s problem is? Really? I think he has figured it out, now, but geez. It’s not just the SYTYCD thing – I don’t think Chelsie had this problem last season, although I clearly remember that Lacey got the Len treatment when she was with Lance Bass. I also seem to recall that was another instance where the celeb had too much input – that is the issue with Dmitry as well.

11 responses to "John says…Heidi says – Mya on DWTS Season 9"

uh where in the rules of dancing with the stars say that in order to be on the show you have to be a total tone deaf, can’t clap on tune, dancing misfit? it’s called dancing with the stars not dancing with the dancing challenged. and I have a feeling people would have loved mya and would be singing her praises to high heaven if she was partnered with Derek or Maks. sick sick double standard.

Monique,
Nice perspective. So, it’s not in an official rule book. It’s just in my rule book of who I like to see on the show.

I do think I’d like Mya more if Derek or Maks were her partnerN but that’s because they would have likely brought more out of Mya than Dmitry is doing. Otherwise, I don’t think my perspective on her would change much.

Probably would have liked Mya better if she were with Maks or Derek – because Dmitry and Mya together are boring as hell. They’re both too quiet, too reserved – the contrast in personality between Maks/Mya or Derek/Mya would have made for a more exciting partnership. It’s not about how perfect a dancer one is – that much should be obvious by now. This show is also NOT about pro dancers coming in and competing against people who have never danced before – that’s Mya versus Kelly. Double standard indeed.

Dmitry was lazy with her. I watch the show for Derek mostly i’m not going to lie. but I have loved Mya since the 90’s but I can leave my fandom behind and look at the big picture of everything. Donny had been dancing and show boating since he was in diapers and no one tries to take what he as managed to do on the show away from him like they do Mya. hip hop/tap is not ballroom it’s different. Dmitry was lazy and doesn’t think in a dynamic way, he wants to just get by. and Derek spent all season making Joanna look like she can dance. which she can’t. But Derek is That good that he made her a star this season. Mya had talent, but dmitry had let her down. I love kelly as well she has a spirit that sucks you in and makes you laugh and cry right along with her. but what I will say about Mya is that she has handled a lot of smack talk with grace. never once has she said anything bad about anyone. or hitting up twitter and telling people to vote for her and so and so leaving the only other person out of the loop like both Kelly and Joanna has. It’s all a contest that seems to go away from dancing and becomes a popularity contest. whoever win’s this deserves it. they all have put in the work, blood sweat and tears. I just think it’s sucky to throw stones at someone because they are good.

lol ok done rambling. I just hate all of this mud slinging going on this season. this didn’t happen when Ty was still in the game looking like a drunken robot and lil kim was shown the door.

Ah, but we’re expressing our opinions same as you are – it’s not mud slinging. No one is calling names. We are simply stating our preferences. I will agree that Dmitry seriously let Mya down. In a big way. You must not be following Mya’s twitter, however – she was tweeting right after her first dance begging people to vote for her. As for Joanna and Kelly – I follow everyone on twitter and nearly ALL the female stars were rooting for Joanna and Kelly very, very vocally. It’s not limited to Joanna and Kelly at all. The men don’t seem to care either way. Typical. :-) I think Joanna and Kelly both did a great job – neither had any experience coming in and that’s what the show is about. Frankly, Joanna is a better dancer than either Kelly or Donny, but that’s the way it goes. And I certainly enjoyed Joanna FAR more than I enjoyed Mya.

when I stated mud slinging, I meant everywhere, not here. even with the judges being hard on her at first. and I do follow everyone as well. I didn’t say Mya didn’t say vote for me. I was saying Mya’s not saying “Vote for me and donny” and leaving kelly out. she’s just saying vote for me. joanna did well I must say I liked her when I was watching the superstars. because she had a drive and a kick ass attitude. but again I think Derek helped her so so much. If she had got with Dmitry or something it would have been dull and boring and we wouldn’t have even known she was able to laugh. it’s all a luck of the draw. but I think Donny is going to clean sweep this. all the grandmas out there are going to be rocking their vintage 83′ I heart Donny Osmond shirts and just put him over the top. Onward to next season. I can only hope that Derek doesn’t get LaToya Jackson. yikes.

Derek has been asked several times if he’ll be back next season and he’s been more vague than he’s ever been before. In fact, he’s not given his typical stock answer to the question.

But yes, there is a fear he will get LaToya – she obviously wants him. But you know what? Every single season he’s taken someone who was expected to leave early (except maybe Jennie) and made them into a dancer. He is the only pro who has gone farther than halfway every single season he’s been on. He’s only finished lower than 5th ONCE in five seasons. I would bet that if I do the math, taking into account how many seasons they’ve all been on, he’s the high scorer. So, you can look at it two ways. Either he gets LaToya and that’s his very first dud both pre-season and in reality, or he gets LaToya and he does his usual thing – turns her into a likeable dancer. The boy’s got game.

Monique,
There has been tremendous mud slinging going on. The internet brings out the best and the worst of people I think. Luckily, we put up a sign that only allows the best of people to visit this site;-)

Dmitry has just been an all around disappointment. Even Maks kind of called him out in a loving kind of way.

Like a rat? I would like to see you John place a photo of your face on this web site for us to see how perfect and handsome you are. Your personality is ugly so I am sure you have the facial features to match.

aniteh,
I don’t mind placing my website on here. However, I’m not the one that chose to be on a TV show where you are judged for your appearance. If I did, then you’d certainly be more than welcome to judge my appearance. In fact, you’re welcome to now if that makes you feel better too.

I love when people come on here and try to make it personal and about me as opposed to the subject at hand. Just makes me laugh.